Dharmalan Dana

Details

ISBN (print):

9781925021493

ISBN (online):

9781925021509

Publication date:

Apr 2014

Note:

Aboriginal History Monograph No. 28

Imprint:

ANU Press

DOI:

http://doi.org/10.22459/DD.04.2014

Series:

Aboriginal History Monographs

Co-publisher:

Aboriginal History

Disciplines:

Arts & Humanities: Biography & Autobiography, History; Social Sciences: Indigenous Studies

Countries:

Australia

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• Preliminary (PDF, 108KB)
• Dedication (PDF, 56KB)
• Acknowledgements (PDF, 72KB)
• Foreword (PDF, 41KB)
• Our Way (PDF, 68KB)

Part 1: The Early Years

• Introduction (PDF, 81KB)

1. Beginnings (PDF, 922KB)
2. Nanny’s Stories (PDF, 4.6MB)
3. A Little Fulla (PDF, 2.7MB)
4. Hunting and Gathering (PDF, 1.0MB)
5. Dad’s Work (PDF, 118KB)
6. Nothing Stays The Same (PDF, 8.3MB)

Part 2: Our Life

7. Starting Out (PDF, 5.4MB)
8. A Brilliant Career (PDF, 5.6MB)
9. From Runner To Trainer (PDF, 1.5MB)
10. Back To School (PDF, 1.9MB)

Part 3: Grampa’s Story

11. His Mission Life (PDF, 5.6MB)
12. The Land Grab: 1907–1910 (PDF, 1.1MB)
13. A Man Of The Community (PDF, 3.5MB)
14. The Rebellion: 1912–1922 (PDF, 129KB)
15. The Man Of Mystery (PDF, 1.2MB)
16. The Letter (PDF, 202KB)
17. Across The Indian Ocean (PDF, 2.2MB)

Part 4: Roots

18. Retracing His Footsteps (PDF, 1.5MB)
19. Searching For Clues (PDF, 1.2MB)
20. Our Mauritian Family Recipes (PDF, 518KB)
21. Bishop Ryan’s Journal (PDF, 669KB)
22. Uncovered Treasures (PDF, 3.1MB)

Part 5: The Legacy

23. Great Southern Land (PDF, 814KB)
24. Grampa’s Ways (PDF, 1.8MB)
25. Going Forward Looking Back (PDF, 3.1MB)

Part 6: Appendices

• Appendix One: Ronald Morgan’s (1952) Reminiscences of the Aboriginal Station at Cummeragunga and its Aboriginal People (PDF, 272KB)
• Appendix Two: ‘Cumeroogunga Mission – Story of Its Early Days, Tribute to Teacher’ (PDF, 12.2MB)
• Appendix Three: ‘George Nelson Wins Richest Mile’ (PDF, 2.7MB)
• Appendix Four: Thomas S. James’ letter to R.H. Mathews, 27 September 1897 (PDF, 1.8MB)
• Appendix Five: Timeline (PDF, 1.6MB)
• Appendix Six: My Track Record (PDF, 215KB)
• Appendix Seven: Interviewees And Contributors (PDF, 215KB)
• Appendix Eight: Bibliography And Further Reading (PDF, 340KB)

Reviews

‘Nelson writes in a more autobiographical than academic style. His tone is warm and familial. Many of his stories are memories passed down by family members. The book is littered with notes from Robynne Nelson, his daughter, as she gives an alternative perspective, revealing her thoughts and frustrations in the research process, providing additional flourishes, detail and nuance. The interplay between the father’s and daughter’s voices brings a fresh dynamic feel; I felt I could hear them yarning together, interrupting at times, elaborating at others.’
—Laura Rademaker, Aboriginal History, Volume 38, 2014.
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Brenda Nelson's Cultural Map (PDF, 30.03 MB)

This map highlights all the places Brenda Nelson's family lived, and practised their cultural activities such as hunting and killing food to feed their family, collecting bush medicines, ceremonial plants, etc. Courtesy of Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation (YYNAC) Cultural Mapping Program.

George Nelson's Cultural Map (PDF, 33.68 MB)

This map highlights all the places George Nelson's family lived, and practised their cultural activities such as hunting and killing food to feed their family, collected bush medicines, ceremonial plants, etc. Courtesy of Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation (YYNAC) Cultural Mapping Program.

Map of Mooroopna (JPG, 4.10 MB)

This map containing the details of who lived where, during the time that George's family lived on the Flat.

Map of the Flat (JPG, 2.68 MB)

This map containing the details of who lived where, during the time that George's family lived on the Flat.

Ron Morgan Book Launch (JPG, 7.65 MB)

Upon its publication, Ron Morgan's book launch was announced in this article in The Argus (Saturday 4 April, 1953).